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Zephyra was born at 4:25am after two hours of active labour. It was crazy, crazy intense: like trying to hold a rollercoaster back. Yowza. Now that I’ve had a few hours to sit and chill I feel way better.
She’s 7lbs 14oz and 21 inches long. She looks insanely like Tempest did at birth, except dark. Black hair, dark eyes, darker skin, just like her brothers.

We got photo and video (hooray!), but I haven’t seen either yet. More to come.

Comments

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I just knew you had her. I haven’t had time to check but I totally new she came, lol. Obviously, lol, but yeah. She is absolutely freaking gorgeous. And she looks so much like Jericho. She’s just precious and I love her beautiful name. *huggles* Congrats, mama, you did it again!

i saw your tweet re: the similarities between zephyra and jericho, which i agree are amazing. when you put their names side by side, i noticed that their names share the same pattern. they have the same # of letters, and the same # of vowels and consonants. kinda cool!

another journal reader here (dont like the term ‘lurker’, sounds creepy to me)- just wanted to say Congrats! She is absolutely beautiful- seriously, she doesnt even look like a newborn, she has such defined features!

Congratulations! She is sooo gorgeous. i opened your post up at work and a co-worker got up from her lunch across the room to look at your beautiful girl. She is so perfect. Does not look like a newborn at all. Sounds like it was pretty do-able. Glad she finally came out…on her terms! Way to go, Mama. Can’t wait to see more pix…and read the birth story. Blessings to the whole family. Love, Cyndy

Also a lurker wanting to say congrats. I was linked here years ago when Tempest was little and have peeked in every so often. I just wanted you to know that I became aware, and interested in natural birth via your journal and now I am pregnant and planning a homebirth because of you.

Congratulations! She is sooo gorgeous. i opened your post up at work and a co-worker got up from her lunch across the room to look at your beautiful girl. She is so perfect. Does not look like a newborn at all. Sounds like it was pretty do-able. Glad she finally came out…on her terms! Way to go, Mama. Can’t wait to see more pix…and read the birth story. Blessings to the whole family. Love, Cyndy

Huge congrats to you & all the family. She’s gorgeous! My 2 year old is sitting with me, waving to the computer & saying: “hi baby!”…lol. An extra special congrats to Tempest & Xan…I bet they’re excited to meet Zephyra now she’s on the outside 🙂

I em totally getting an oxytocin rush from reading all your congratulatory comments here! I am wishing you the best rush of hormones, the shortest time healing, lots of well-wishers who leave you food and run, and some awesome tummy-sleep before you’re engorged with tha malks! Good work: BIRTH: Yer Doin’ it Right.

WOW she’s shockingly gorgeous! I knew it would happen fast and last night I saw you said your water bag was bulging. I’m glad everything seemed to go well! I can’t wait to hear your birth story and your video if you’re willing to share it!

Okay, I know I’m a creepy internet stranger stalker, but YAY! I have been secretly hoping for June 2 for weeks now. My daughter Rowan was born on YOUR wedding anniversary, and now your daughter was born on mine. That kind of random chance makes me smile.

She is beautiful. Thank you for making my day a little bit more happy.

My doula has a theory that the energy (emotional, physical, spiritual, mental) expended for birth is the same amount, no matter how long the labor. When labors are so short, it’s trying to manage a speeding train as all that energy is used in such a short amount of time.

44 for Tempest, 2.5 for Jericho, 3 for Xan. But with none of them did I START labour in transition. I was 7cm before active labour began. O_o
The entire labour was effectively transition and pushing. Hot damn.

She is stunning! Look at her sweet little hands, and her eyes all open like that. She is perfection!
I know that feeling of trying to stop a rollercoaster. Yelqotkwe was born in 2 hours. I roared out loud like a rollercoaster too. So INTENSE.

I hope you’re getting lots of rest.

I wish you elation, tears of joy and lots of yummy food in the coming days.

Welcome Earthside, sweet baby Zephyra!! You are so lucky to have Heather as your Mommy sweet little one! We love you so much already!

I have been reading your amazing blog for way too long without leaving any comments. And I just got a big smile on my face when i read this post so I decided it’s about time;
Congratulations to a sweet little baby girl with a beautiful name!

Oh shit, she is perfect. PERFECT. I’m so happy for you, it sounds like she made her arrival the way Addie did…weeks of buildup, two hours of holy shit what is going on and then out. Ah. I can’t wait for the pictures and details.

She is so adorable!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG–you just had your 4th child! Tempest, Jericho & Xan have a baby sister! This is seriously boggling my mind. I hope your babymoon is everything you want and need it to be. Blessings to you & your precious family.

Welcome to the world! She’s precious and I LOVE her name! I have had 3 friends have baby girls in the past few weeks and most of them have really boring over used names. I knew you wouldn’t go there. 🙂

Ooh, how beautiful! Congratulations! (And what a lovely name…I actually kept coming around to Zephyr every time I wondered what you might be naming this baby while reading your blog over the last several months. Zephyra is beautiful.)

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